why not buy the pick and take michael Carter williams or shroeder to be our back up pg,

atlanta has a 16 and 17th pick, could buy there

it makes more sense buying picks and drafting instead of going out and signing free agents that are going to cost more and potentially effect our cap situation where as you can get rookies with all forgiving cap friendly rookie contracts

plus if we get the right gm who can find players deeper in the draft like masai did two years in row with denver well that could a perfect storm for the raptors

like to see the new ownership group step up and allow the gm to buy and load up picks similar to what portladn was able to do years back

I doubt they'll straight up sell it for money. Cuban would probably rather take someone like Dario Saric or Gobert and stash him overseas for a year.

But Toronto might be able to get that pick by combining some of their 2nd rounders (including 1 early 2nd rounder next year) and cash, maybe take on another small contract to clear even more room. That idea was posted in the trades thread.

i think outside top 5 might even be better - cheaper to get and possibly just as high talent level. I don't know that I feel better about McLeMore who's typically projected top 3 than CJ McCollum who's typically ~10 in mock drafts.

Also, I love how Chad Ford projected Anthony Bennett at no.8-9 with a shot to go no.1 for some teams --- until Cleveland won the lotto.
I don't remember another time when someone's range was 1-9 with only a month till the draft. This draft should be interesting.